If it were not imagined
It could not be made
Therefore imagination
Must not be afraid*
Lemn Sissay

I’m good for something, so what is it?**
Vincent van Gogh

If we’re involved in doing something, we’ve
already imagined it –
Going to the shops, cutting the grass, what
we’ll be eating later –
For most of us, a little picture will have appeared;
Beyond the everyday, imagination enables us to
determine our True Self and what our
contribution will be –
Sometimes others push our imaginations, or perhaps
we notice something that we feel compelled
to act upon –
By definition,
a life task is something
your life is asking of you …^ –
Everyone has a different imagination to bring
into play, something you can do and that
you enjoy:
You have to like your work.^^

Of course,
It is possible to imagine unhelpful, negative, and
destructive things, or become distracted by the everyday,
By the status quo and normality, so we need to intentionally
grow and develop our imaginations –
A good, wholesome diet,*^
Then to playfully practise, to fail and learn,^*
Before giving full expression to what we have envisaged.

*Lemn Sissay’s let the light pour in;
**Davie Epstein’s Range;
^Oliver Burkeman’s Meditation For Mortals;
^^Gabe Anderson‘s You Have to Like Your Work;
*^What and who are we reading, watching, listening to?;
^*Remembering that we imagine something perfect, but in reality this can never be reproduced.